Stories for 2022

Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Argentine president Fernandez praises Xi on his reelection and “impressive achievements”

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez was among the first world leaders in congratulating Xi Jinping for his reelection, over the weekend, as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, pointed out the Chinese official news agency Xinhua
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Falklands Census 2021: population reaches 3,662, in Stanley 2,964 and Camp, 354

The Falkland Islands Government published on Monday its findings from the 2021 census. Sunday 10 October 2021 marked the 25th Falkland Islands census since the first was carried out by a resident Governor in 1842.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
“Should’ve gone to salmon-savers!” Falklands Unity Marine Limited

Unity Marine Ltd. is a Falkland Islands company linked to the aquiculture industry, which has for many years tried to interest the Legislative and local community in diversifying the Islands economy, through fish farming.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:25 UTC
Argentine President welcomes Chinese investors

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday met at Casa Rosada with China Railway International Group (CRIG) President Bi Yanchun to discuss future investments in infrastructure, energy, and technology projects.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
ECLAC's 39th session gets underway in Buenos Aires

Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Monday opened the United Nations agency's 39th session in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:16 UTC
Paraguayan guerrilla leader gunned down

Paraguayan authorities Monday confirmed Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) guerrilla leader Osvaldo Villalba had been gunned down Sunday in a clash with law enforcement officers in the northeastern department of Amambay, in which other alleged rebels were killed.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
Foreign tourists near spending in Brazil to 2016 figures

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Monday confirmed foreign travelers had spent US$416 million in the country during September of 2022, the highest figure for the month since September of 2016, the year of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which recorded US$ 446 million in revenues.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
UK faces an era which could be more difficult than 2008, Lord King, ex BoE governor

Lord Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013 said the United Kingdom faces an era of much austerity to stabilize the economy, with the average person having to face “significantly higher taxes” to fund public spending.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:08 UTC
CFK's son says former President not likely to run for Casa Rosada in 2023

Argentine Deputy Máximo Kirchner Monday said that his mother, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) is not likely to run for president in the 2023 elections.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:04 UTC
One inmate dies in yet another prison riot in Ecuador

At least one inmate was killed and two others were injured Monday in yet a new prison riot in Ecuador, the National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) reported.